“Marshall Shafter...kept pasted in his desk drawer a piece of paper he looked at from time to time to remind himself of something. It said, "A fool can put on his own clothes better than wise man can do it for him.”
“No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many.”
“Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement.”
“In the rational light of day, he could tell himself that it was better this way, for both of them. The past was the past, nothing but memories buried, and the pain of losing something precious was but brief. Most of the time he could make himself believe it, but sometimes in the night, with no company but his own echoing thoughts, the past would sneak up on him.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”